Method of playing a card game teaching golf rules

ABSTRACT

Each card in a deck is assigned any one of several par values, each card representing a hole in a golf game. The cards each have a given situation or problem on the front and a rule or solution on its rear. The cards are stacked front face up with each player receiving the same amount of cards and the same number cards of a given par value. The players take turns to answer the problem presented by a card in their stacks and, if correct, receive the par for that card or, if incorrect, a bogie. For bogies, other players may elect to answer the problem and, if correct, receive a birdie or, if incorrect a bogie, all players attempting to answer the problem until solved or all players have participated. The card is then discarded. Other games are disclosed using different playing sequences and methods of point tallying. A programmed computer may be substituted for a deck of cards and which deals the cards, displays the fronts and backs of each player&#39;s cards upon command, keeps track of each player&#39;s cards and discards the cards when instructed.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This invention relates to a card game, and more particularly, to a card game for teaching the rules of golf.

Card games for playing the game of golf are known and, for example, as shown in U.S. Pat. No. 4,546,982, simulate the game of golf. In this patent, a game comprising a deck of 52 cards and a score card are disclosed. Eight cards have the numeral zero, eight cards have the numeral ten and four cards each have a numeral from one to nine. The game is played with each player being dealt four cards two up and two down. When a player "putts," the hand having the lowest score wins the hole. Play continues until nine holes are played. The score is determined by the total points in a player's hand for each hole.

Other golf simulating games are illustrated in U.S. Pat. Nos. 4,289,315, 2,569,701, 4,546,982, 1,597,457 and 1,143,595. Other patents disclose educational games such as U.S. Pat. No. 4,801,149 which discloses a deck of 52 cards including questions and answers arranged in sets of answers and questions of different levels of skill. Cards have different values corresponding to the level of skill. The higher the skill the greater the number of questions on a card.

U.S. Pat. No. 5,100,326 illustrates flash cards for teaching and practicing blackjack. Each flash card has two playing situations presented in different sections on its front side in opposing orientations and at opposing card ends. The recommended action for a player to take when presented with each situation is printed in similar sections on the back of each flash card. Identifiers appear on each side of the cards to indicate a group of cards to which a card belongs, and the sequence of the card within that group.

The present inventors recognize a need for a card game for teaching the rules of golf that is both enjoyable and educational.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A method according to the present invention for teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, the deck comprising a plurality of portions, the cards of each portion manifesting the same given par value, the par values of the cards of the different portions being different, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:

dealing a set of cards from each portion to each player in a stack in the same portion sequence with the front face up so that the total number of cards dealt to each player corresponds to the total number of holes in a golf game being played, each player receiving the same number of cards in each set; and

playing the game by:

a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on the top card of a first stack corresponding to the first player in a first sequence of players;

b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected top card, assigning the first player the par value manifested by that selected card and discarding that card from its stack;

c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player at least an additional point added to the value of the par value manifested by that selected top card;

d) allowing a second player in a second sequence at the second player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer;

e) assigning the value manifested by that top card less at least one point to the second player if the answer is correct and discarding the first player's selected top card and the top card of a second stack manifesting the same par value as the top card of the first player's selected first stack, the second stack corresponding to the second player;

f) if the answer is incorrect, assigning the second player at least an additional point added to the value manifested by that selected top card and discarding the top card of the selected second stack;

g) repeating steps a-c with each remaining player in the first sequence and repeating steps d-f for each incorrect answer when applicable in the second sequence;

h) totaling all the points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and

i) declaring the winner the player with the lowest amount of points.

In one embodiment, there are three portions, a first portion manifesting a par value of 3, a second portion manifesting a par value of 4 and the third portion manifesting a par value of 5.

In a further embodiment, the first and third portions comprise the same number of cards each.

In a further embodiment, a set of X cards is dealt, each card representing a hole, there are Y players and X/Y is an integer.

In a further embodiment, a method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:

dealing a stack of the same number of cards to each player from a deck of X cards; and playing the game by:

a) assigning a plurality of Y players each having a playing turn in a sequence where X/Y is an integer;

b) drawing a card from the stack and declaring by a first player in the sequence the rule or answer to the situation on that card;

b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected card, assigning the first player a first given point value and discarding that card;

c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player a second point value higher than the first point value;

d) repeating steps a-c for each player in the sequence in case of a wrong answer and discarding that card when play with that card is completed by all players;

e) repeating steps a-d for each player until all cards have been played;

h) totaling all the of points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and

i) declaring the winner the player with the least amount of points.

In a further embodiment of a method for teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:

dealing a stack of cards to each player with the front face up, the number of cards in the stack representing the number of holes in the golf game being played; and playing the game by:

a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on any card of that player's stack;

b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected card, assigning the first player a (+) point value and discarding that card;

c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player a (-) point value;

d) allowing any further player on a first come first serve basis at that further player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer;

e) assigning the further player a (+) point value if the answer is correct and (-) point value if incorrect, all the (+) and (-) point values being the same;

f) discarding that card when play with that card is completed;

g) repeating steps a-f until all cards have been played;

h) totaling all the of points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and

i) declaring the winner the player with the most points.

IN THE DRAWING

FIGS. 1a, 1b and 1c are respective isometric diagrammatic representations of playing cards in respective first, second and third portions, each portion representing a given par value for each card in that portion and illustrating the front and rear faces of a card on the respective left and right sides of the drawing;

FIG. 2 diagrammatically illustrates a stack of playing cards dealt to each player; and

FIG. 3 is a flow chart of one embodiment of the disclosed games employing the cards of FIGS. 1 and 2.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

In FIG. 1a, a first portion 10 of a deck of cards shown in FIGS. 1a, 1b and 1c for playing one or more different golf games according to the present invention comprises a plurality of cards 12--12'. Each card in the deck represents a hole in the game of golf. Playing each card in the manner to be described results in a player being assigned a score or stroke value for that hole depending upon the player correctly or incorrectly playing that card as will be described.

The playing of each card serves to teach the player a correct rule for the corresponding situation so that upon playing the game with all cards the players all learn a significant number of rules as applicable to a variety of playing situations that may arise in an actual golf game.

Each card of the portion 10 has indicia 14 on a front face 16. Reference numerals that are primed refer to the same corresponding features identified with the same reference numerals without a prime. Indicia 14 represents a par value for a hole and is assigned the value 3 for each card of card portion 10. This value is arbitrary and could have other values if desired. The value 3 is used to represent typical golf courses which have par 3 holes. The cards are of any convenient size and may be 3 inch by 6 inches by way of example.

All cards in the deck such as representative card 12 each have a front face 16 and a rear face 18. The front face 16 is printed with a golf game situation that may occur during an actual golf game. For example, card 12 is printed on its front face 16 with the problem situation "you drop ball according to the rules. It hits the ground, rolls and touches your caddie." On the rear face 18 of card 12 the corresponding rule or solution to the problem situation is printed.

For example, for card 12 with the situation depicted on the front face, the rear face is imprinted with the solution "You shall redrop your ball without penalty." Every card in the playing deck is imprinted with a unique situation and corresponding rule or solution applicable to that situation on the respective front and rear faces.

Further, all cards of portion 10 have a unique color. The actual color used is arbitrary and may be solid, or spotted, striped or a unique pattern (not shown). The color, pattern and so on immediately identifies the par value of the associated card. The par value represents the points assigned to the player who correctly answers the situation with a correct answer or rule as depicted on that card's rear face. These points represent the player's score for that hole.

The cards of FIG. 1b represent a second portion 20 of the deck of cards. Portion 20 is assigned a par value 4 which is imprinted on the front face of each card at indicia 21. Also, each card of portion 20 is of the same color or pattern but different than the color or pattern of portion 10. The situation on the front face 24 of card 22 of portion 20 states: "A boundary stake is lying in the fairway and your ball comes to rest against it." The rear face 26 states the solution: "It is a movable obstruction. You may move it without penalty."

The cards of FIG. 1c represent a third portion 30 of the deck of cards. Portion 30 is assigned a par value 5 indicia 32 which is imprinted on the front face 34 of each card of portion 30. Also, each card of portion 30 is of the same color but different than the colors of portions 10 and 20. If a pattern is used, the same pattern may be used for all portions, but with different colors.

In the alternative, a different pattern may be used for each portion. In the latter case, for example, the par 3 cards may each have the same pictorial perspective representation of a golf course scene of a relatively short hole to be played including the tee off area connected to a putting green with a flagstick by a fairway and including bunkers about the putting green. The scene is background on the front face of each card.

Par 4 cards may each have the same longer hole pictorial perspective scene representation on each card. The par 5 cards may have the same pictorial scene representation of a longest hole. Also, the par values in large numerals and text may be one color and the pattern such as the pictorial representation of a hole may be in a different color, e.g., different shades of green.

The situation on the front face 38 of card 36 of portion 20 states: "Your fellow competitor asks you to mark your ball in the fairway because he feels that it will interfere with his play. What are your options?" The rear face 39 of card 36 states: "You can mark your ball or you may play it rather than mark it. Both are within the rules."

Similarly, every card in the deck is imprinted with its par value and with a golf game situation on its front face and the rule or solution on its rear face. Further examples of these are given below.

In FIG. 2, the players in a game are each dealt a stack of cards such as stack 40. The number of cards in the stack 40 represents the number of holes being played in a given game. In FIG. 2 for example the number of holes being played is eighteen. However, other values may be used in the alternative. The game does not depend upon the number of holes, per se, being played as it is the comparative score of the players for a given number of holes that are being played that is significant. That is, for any number of holes being played, the comparative score of the players for that number of holes determines the winner. This will be explained in more detail below.

Assuming eighteen holes is being played for a given game, the cards of each player's stack 40 are arranged with a number of cards from each portion 10, 20 and 30, (FIGS. 1a, 1b and 1c). In FIG. 2, for example, the stack 40 dealt each player comprises four cards from portion 10, par 3, ten cards from portion 20, par 4, and four cards from portion 30, par 5. The actual number of cards in each set of cards from a given portion is arbitrary and may be changed from game to game to add variety. The total number of cards in stack 40 comprises eighteen to represent a typical actual 18 hole golf course. In an actual golf course it is believed that there are more par 4 holes than par 3 and par 5. Therefore, a corresponding number of these par value cards are formed in a given stack.

Assuming a minimum of four players will play the game then 72 cards in a deck are required for an eighteen hole game. If a nine hole game is played then 36 cards are needed and so on. Further, the deck of 72 or 36 cards my be culled from a larger master deck of cards containing a larger population of par 3, par 4 and par 5 cards which are selected to form the 72 card deck for play. By arbitrarily selecting a 72 card deck from a larger deck, the situations and answers can be changed from game to game to add stimulation. Further, while three par value portions are provided these may be changed according to a given game. Thus, a given game may comprise cards from only a single par portion or two of the three portions as desired. For a 72 card deck there are 16 par 3's, 16 par 5's and 40 par 4's, for example.

An additional set of cards (not shown) is provided which gives the rules of the game and the directions for its play. The following are examples of situations and rules corresponding to those situations for a population of 17 par 3 cards, 68 par 4 cards and 17 par 5 cards forming a master deck of 102 cards from which the 72 card deck is selected. 16 par 3 and 16 par 5 cards are randomly selected from the par 3 and par 5 populations and 40 par 4 cards are randomly selected from the par 4 population of cards from the master deck.

It should be understood that the following golf rules are for medal or stroke play. Rules for match play of the game of golf are different. However, regardless which rules are employed, it is intended that the various rules of different golf games may be incorporated in the present invention methodology.

Rules For Stroke Play Golf

    ______________________________________                                         PAR 3 CARDS                                                                    CARD  CARD                                                                     NO.   FRONT SITUATION    CARD REAR RULE                                        ______________________________________                                         1.    You drop your ball You shall redrop the                                        according to the rules.                                                                           ball without penalty.                                       It hits the ground rolls                                                       land touches your caddie.                                                2.    You are making your tee                                                                           You must play it as it                                      shot on the ninth hole                                                                            lies.                                                       when your fellow                                                               competitor drops a ball                                                        and it rolls in front of                                                       you. Surprised, you make                                                       a bad shot and your ball                                                       lands only a few feet in                                                       front of you.                                                            3.    Your ball has come to                                                                             You are entitled to                                         rest on a cart path.                                                                              relief without                                              Your nearest point of                                                                             penalty. You must                                           relief is a puddle of                                                                             determine the point on                                      casual water.      the course, nearest to                                                         where the ball                                                                 originally lay on the                                                          cart path. A point                                                             which is no nearer to                                                          the hole/avoids                                                                interference from the                                                          cart path and the                                                              casual water and is                                                            not in a hazard or on                                                          a putting green. Lift                                                          and drop within one                                                            club length.                                          4.    You are playing in a                                                                              Yes                                                         stroke play tournament.                                                        Before going to the first                                                      tee you would like to                                                          practice your chipping.                                                        is this allowed under the                                                      rules?                                                                   5.    You find a club lying on                                                                          No.                                                         the course. You pick it                                                        up and put it in your                                                          bag. This means you have                                                       15 clubs in your bag.                                                          You turn it in after your                                                      round. Even though you                                                         did not use the club, was                                                      this a breach of a rule?                                                 6.    When do you have the                                                                              Any place on the                                            right to declare your                                                                             course except when                                          ball unplayable?   your ball is in a                                                              water hazard you take                                                          a one stroke penalty.                                 7.    You are playing in a                                                                              You are both                                                foursome stroke play                                                                              disqualified. It is a                                       tournament. You and                                                                               player's                                                    your partner correctly                                                                            responsibility to see                                       calculate your combined                                                                           that his handicap is                                        handicap allowance and                                                                            recorded on his score                                       record it on the score                                                                            card.                                                       card. You do not state                                                         your individual                                                                handicaps. Is this OK?                                                   8.    You are on the tee of a                                                                           Your original ball                                          par 3 hole. You make                                                                              counts. The hole was                                        your tee shot. You think                                                                          completed when you                                          that the ball hit the                                                                             holed out so there are                                      green but your view is                                                                            no penalties.                                               obscured by the pin                                                            placement. There is a                                                          possibility that your                                                          ball bounced out of                                                            bounds so you hit a                                                            provisional ball. You                                                          search for your original,                                                      declare it lost and                                                            continue with the                                                              provisional. You then                                                          find your original ball,                                                       It's in the hole.                                                        9.    You address the ball on                                                                           You may re-tee the                                          the tee and accidentally                                                                          ball with no penalty.                                       knock the ball off the                                                         tee.                                                                     10.   You place your club on                                                                            No penalty as long as                                       the ground parallel to                                                                            you have removed the                                        your line of play, to                                                                             club before you play                                        help you with your your stroke.                                                alignment. You lift it                                                         before you play your                                                           stroke.                                                                  11.   You strike your ball and                                                                          You may play the ball                                       it runs down the fairway                                                                          as it lies or proceed                                       and comes to rest on a                                                                            under the rules "from                                       bridge across a water                                                                             the hazard" with one                                        hazard.            stroke penalty.                                       12.   Your ball has come to                                                                             You must determine                                          rest on a cart path.                                                                              your nearest point of                                                          relief not nearer to                                                           the hole and drop your                                                         ball within one club-                                                          length; there is no                                                            penalty.                                              13.   You address your ball on                                                                          The stroke counts but                                       the tee and make a stroke                                                                         there is no penalty.                                        on the ball. Your ball                                                         falls off the tee and                                                          rolls an inch or two.                                                    14.   You are playing in a two-                                                                         If you do, you are                                          day golf tournament at                                                                            disqualified.                                               your club. It is being                                                         played on Saturday and                                                         Sunday. On Saturday                                                            evening you decide to go                                                       and play a few holes.                                                          Are you permitted to do                                                        this?                                                                    15.   You are in a situation-                                                                           You re-drop with no                                         where you must drop your                                                                          penalty.                                                    ball. You do so                                                                correctly but your ball                                                        rolls out of bounds.                                                     16.   After playing a round,                                                                            The score stands as is                                      you turn in your signed                                                                           but no penalty is                                           and attested score card                                                                           incurred.                                                   to the committee. You                                                          realize later, in going                                                        back over your round,                                                          that you took a 7 on the                                                       fourth hole and you                                                            should have taken a 6.                                                   17.   You turn in your score                                                                            You are responsible                                         card after a tournament                                                                           only for the                                                and it is discovered that                                                                         correctness of the                                          although your hole-by-                                                                            hold-by-hole score.                                         hole scores are correct,                                                                          The committee is                                            your total score was                                                                              responsible for the                                         added incorrectly and is                                                                          addition and total                                          wrong.             score.                                                ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         PAR 4 CARDS                                                                    CARD  CARD                                                                     NO.   FRONT SITUATION    CARD REAR RULE                                        ______________________________________                                         18.   A boundary stake is lying                                                                         It is a moveable                                            in the fairway and your                                                                           obstruction. You may                                        ball comes to rest move it. No penalty.                                        against it.                                                              19.   Your fellow competitor                                                                            No. The distance from                                       asks you how far it is                                                                            the bunker to the                                           from the fairway bunker                                                                           green is a matter of                                        where his ball lies to                                                                            record.                                                     the green. You tell him                                                        the distance. Is this                                                          giving advice?                                                           20.   You are playing a round                                                                           There is a 2-stroke                                         in rainy conditions. The                                                                          penalty for each hole                                       grips on your clubs                                                                               that you played with                                        become wet and slippery.                                                                          the replacement clubs.                                      When you make the turn                                                                            Maximum of 4 strokes                                        after 9 holes, you per round.                                                  replace some of your                                                           clubs with extras you                                                          keep in your locker. Can                                                       you "under the rules" do                                                       this?                                                                    21.   You bend your putter                                                                              You are disqualified.                                       after throwing it in                                                           anger. You then use it                                                         to make a putt. Can you                                                        legally do this? Is                                                            there a penalty?                                                         22.   Your ball lies on the                                                                             You may lift and clean                                      putting surface. There                                                                            the ball and place it                                       is a drain between your                                                                           in the nearest                                              ball and the hole. position which gives                                                           you relief from the                                                            interference, no                                                               nearer to the hole.                                   23.   You are playing a round                                                                           You may, without                                            on a Florida golf course.                                                                         penalty, drop a ball                                        After making a stroke on                                                                          at the nearest spot,                                        your ball, it comes to                                                                            no nearer to the hole,                                      rest two feet from an                                                                             that is not dangerous.                                      alligator.                                                               24.   After marking your ball                                                                           There is no penalty                                         on the green, you knock                                                                           unless you knocked it                                       it aside rather than lift                                                                         aside for the purpose                                       it.                of testing the putting                                                         surface.                                              25.   You think that your ball                                                                          You may remove, by                                          went into the bunker but                                                                          probing or raking or                                        when you reach the other means, as much                                        bunker, all you can see                                                                           as you need to in                                           is the outline of a ball                                                                          order to identify your                                      under the sand.    ball. If an excess is                                                          removed, no penalty is                                                         incurred and the ball                                                          shall be recovered.                                                            If you move the ball,                                                          there is no penalty.                                                           The ball shall be                                                              replaced.                                             26.   You address your ball in                                                                          You must play a ball                                        the fairway, make your                                                                            as nearly as possible                                       stroke and hook it out of                                                                         to the spot from which                                      bounds.            the original ball was                                                          placed. One stroke                                                             penalty.                                              27.   You turn in your signed                                                                           You are disqualified.                                       and attested score card                                                        after the completion of                                                        your round. You realize                                                        afterward that you took a                                                      4 on a par 3 and it                                                            should have been a 5.                                                    28.   You think that your ball                                                                          As you cannot identify                                      went into a tree. You                                                                             your ball, it is                                            can see a ball wedged                                                                             considered lost and                                         high up in the tree but                                                                           you must proceed                                            cannot identify it.                                                                               accordingly.                                          29.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           When out of bounds is                                       on a line that defines                                                                            defined by a line on                                        the out of bounds. Is                                                                             the ground, the line                                        the ball out of bounds or                                                                         itself is out of                                            in play?           bounds.                                               30.   Your fellow competitor                                                                            There is no penalty                                         reaches the green before                                                                          but the competitor                                          you and, as a courtesy,                                                                           must replace the ball.                                      marks your ball for you.                                                 31.   Your ball is resting                                                                              You may replace it on                                       against the flagstick in                                                                          the lip of the hole.                                        the upper portion of the                                                       hole. You or your caddie                                                       may remove the flagstick.                                                      As it is being removed,                                                        the ball pops out and                                                          lands a foot away.                                                       32.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           The line of out of                                          on the side of a post                                                                             bounds is determined                                        that marks the "out of                                                                            by the inside points                                        bounds." Is the ball in                                                                           of the posts. Your                                          play or out of bounds?                                                                            ball is out of bounds.                                33.   Part of your ball lies on                                                                         Any ball that lies in,                                      the margin of the water                                                                           touches or is lost in                                       hazard but does not touch                                                                         the water hazard is                                         the ground or grass                                                                               deemed to be in the                                         inside the hazard. Is                                                                             hazard.                                                     the ball considered in                                                         the hazard?                                                              34.   Your ball has come to                                                                             Yes.                                                        rest in the rough, close                                                       to the fairway. You are                                                        entitled to relief from                                                        an immovable obstruction.                                                      Can you drop it in the                                                         fairway?                                                                 35.   In a stroke play   You are disqualified.                                       tournament you and three                                                       of your fellow                                                                 competitors have an 8:30                                                       a.m. tee-off time. Your                                                        fellow competitors are on                                                      time and, after waiting                                                        for you for ten minutes,                                                       they tee off. You come                                                         rushing in as they are                                                         going down the first                                                           hole.                                                                    36.   In a stroke play   Yes. All penalties                                          tournament, the weather                                                                           are cancelled when the                                      is so bad that you decide                                                                         round is cancelled.                                         to pick up and go in.                                                          Your fellow competitor                                                         does the same. A while                                                         later, the committee                                                           cancels the round and                                                          reschedules it. Are you                                                        and your fellow                                                                competitor entitled to                                                         play?                                                                    37.   You are playing a round                                                                           Yes. You became his                                         with a fellow competitor.                                                                         caddie as well as his                                       You hurt your back so you                                                                         marker.                                                     withdraw from the                                                              tournament and stop                                                            playing. You continue to                                                       mark your fellow                                                               competitor's card and to                                                       carry his clubs in your                                                        cart. Is this                                                                  permissible?                                                             38.   You approach what you                                                                             You may lift the ball                                       think is your ball lying                                                                          for identification and                                      in the rough. It is                                                                               clean it to the extent                                      covered with bits and                                                                             necessary for                                               pieces of grass and                                                                               identification.                                             sticks so you cannot                                                                              However, before                                             identify it.       lifting, you must                                                              announce your                                                                  intention to your                                                              fellow competitor and                                                          mark your ball. You                                                            must give him/her the                                                          opportunity to                                                                 observe. If you do                                                             not or if you clean                                                            more than is                                                                   necessary, one stroke                                                          penalty and the ball                                                           shall be replaced.                                    39.   You and your caddy are                                                                            There is a one-stroke                                       searching for your ball                                                                           penalty for failure to                                      which disappeared into a                                                                          announce your                                               stand of trees. Your                                                                              intention.                                                  caddy sees a ball and                                                          lifts it to identify it.                                                 40.   You tee off and then                                                                              You incur a penalty of                                      realize you were outside                                                                          two strokes and you                                         the teeing ground. must then play a ball                                                          from inside the teeing                                                         ground.                                               41.   You hit a beautiful shot                                                                          You incur a 2-stroke                                        right down the middle of                                                                          penalty unless you                                          the fairway and then                                                                              were hitting out of a                                       discover that you played                                                                          hazard, in which case                                       your competitor's ball.                                                                           there is no penalty.                                  42.   Your second shot on a                                                                             You shall drop a ball                                       long par 5 goes out of                                                                            as nearly as possible                                       bounds.            to the place where the                                                         original ball was                                                              placed. One stroke                                                             penalty.                                              43.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           Yes to all three.                                           on a moveable                                                                  obstruction. Under the                                                         rules, may you lift your                                                       ball? May you remove the                                                       obstruction? May you                                                           clean your ball?                                                         44.   You find your ball in the                                                                         You incur a one-stroke                                      rough, half buried. You                                                                           penalty for not                                             announce your intention                                                                           marking your ball                                           to your fellow competitor                                                                         before you moved it.                                        to identify your ball.                                                         You turn the ball and see                                                      that it is yours.                                                        45.   You take a practice swing                                                                         You have not made a                                         and accidentally move                                                                             stroke as you had no                                        your ball with your club.                                                                         intention of moving                                                            the ball. You do                                                               incur one penalty                                                              stroke for moving your                                                         ball in play. You                                                              must replace the ball.                                46.   Your ball is at rest on                                                                           You play the ball as                                        the putting green. A                                                                              it lies.                                                    gust of wind moves it                                                          about 3 feet further away                                                      from the hole.                                                           47.   You are taking relief                                                                             No, you may not.                                            under a rule which says                                                        you may drop a ball                                                            within 2 club lengths.                                                         You do so correctly but                                                        your ball lands in deep                                                        grass, giving you a very                                                       bad lie. Can you redrop?                                                 48.   Your putting stroke sends                                                                         You incur a 2-stroke                                        your ball off line and                                                                            penalty.                                                    your ball strikes the                                                          ball of your fellow                                                            competitor.                                                              49.   You are lining up to putt                                                                         Your competitor incurs                                      your ball and your fellow                                                                         a two-stroke penalty                                        competitor points out a                                                                           for giving advice.                                          big break to the left.                                                   50.   You are in a tournament.                                                                          You are both                                                You discover, after                                                                               disqualified for                                            playing the first hole,                                                                           agreeing to waive a                                         that you have 15 clubs in                                                                         penalty.                                                    your bag. You tell your                                                        fellow competitor, who                                                         does not wish to apply                                                         the two-stroke penalty                                                         because you did not use                                                        the club. You declare                                                          the club out of play and                                                       continue your round.                                                     51.   You are on the putting                                                                            You are deemed to be                                        surface trying to see                                                                             testing the surface                                         which way the grain of                                                                            and, under the rules,                                       the grass is growing.                                                                             receive a two-stroke                                        You reach down and run                                                                            penalty.                                                    your hand over it. Can                                                         you do this without                                                            penalty?                                                                 52.   You played your ball from                                                                         You receive a two-                                          outside the teeing ground                                                                         stroke penalty for                                          and it went out of playing outside the                                         bounds. You then play                                                                             teeing ground. There                                        another ball from within                                                                          is no out-of-bounds                                         the teeing ground. Do                                                                             penalty because your                                        you incur a penalty?                                                                              first ball was not in                                       What is it?        play.                                                 53.   Your ball lands in the                                                                            Play it as it lies.                                         fairway, strikes a ball                                                                           there is no penalty or                                      at rest and is deflected                                                                          relief.                                                     into the rough.                                                          54.   You are playing a round                                                                           You incur a 2-stroke                                        with a fellow competitor                                                                          penalty for giving                                          who is having trouble                                                                             advice.                                                     with his swing. You tell                                                       him to slow his swing                                                          down, that he has no                                                           tempo.                                                                   55.   You find yourself in a                                                                            You stand erect, hold                                       situation that calls for                                                                          the ball at shoulder                                        you to drop a ball. What                                                                          height and arm's                                            is the correct way under                                                                          length and drop it.                                         the rules to do this?                                                                             If it is not done in                                        what is the penalty if it                                                                         this manner and not                                         is not done correctly?                                                                            corrected before a                                                             stroke is played, you                                                          incur a one-stroke                                                             penalty.                                              56.   You gave your ball a                                                                              Yes, but only to the                                        mighty blow which sent it                                                                         extent to find and                                          flying into a tree where                                                                          identify your ball.                                         it ricocheted into some                                                        shrubbery. You cannot                                                          see it. You know it's in                                                       there. Can you, under                                                          the rules, pull the                                                            shrubbery aside to look                                                        for your ball?                                                           57.   You see your ball go into                                                                         You may drop a ball                                         a large pipe in the                                                                               within the hazard and                                       hazard. You try to reach                                                                          then proceed under the                                      it but you can't get it                                                                           rules of being in a                                         out.               hazard, taking the                                                             one-stroke penalty.                                   58.   You hit a three wood from                                                                         You incur a two-stroke                                      the fairway. The ball                                                                             penalty and play the                                        runs down the side of the                                                                         ball as it lies.                                            fairway and bounces into                                                       the rough. It hits your                                                        golf bag, which is being                                                       tended by your caddy.                                                          The ball comes to rest                                                         about 5 feet in front of                                                       your bag.                                                                59.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           You need not replace                                        in bounds next to a hole                                                                          the stake. Play on.                                         from which a boundary                                                          stake had been removed.                                                        The stake is lying a few                                                       feet away. If the stake                                                        was in the hole, it would                                                      interfere with your                                                            swing.                                                                   60.   You are playing a round                                                                           No.                                                         with 14 clubs in your                                                          bag. Somewhere on the                                                          course, during the first                                                       five holes, you lose your                                                      (8) iron. May you                                                              replace it during the                                                          round?                                                                   61.   You are playing a round                                                                           Yes. You became his                                         with a fellow competitor.                                                                         caddy as well as his                                        You hurt your back so you                                                                         marker.                                                     withdraw from the                                                              tournament and stop                                                            playing. You continue to                                                       mark your fellow                                                               competitor's card and to                                                       carry his clubs in your                                                        cart. Is this                                                                  permissible?                                                             62.   You approach what you                                                                             You may lift the ball                                       think is your ball lying                                                                          for identification and                                      in the rough. It is                                                                               clean it to the extent                                      covered with bits and                                                                             necessary for                                               pieces of grass and                                                                               identification.                                             sticks so you cannot                                                                              However, before                                             identify it.       lifting, you must                                                              announce your                                                                  intention to your                                                              fellow competitor and                                                          mark your ball. You                                                            must give him/her the                                                          opportunity to                                                                 observe. If you do                                                             not or if you clean                                                            more than is                                                                   necessary, one stroke                                                          penalty and the ball                                                           shall be replaced.                                    63.   You and your caddy are                                                                            There is a one-stroke                                       searching for your ball                                                                           penalty for failure to                                      which disappeared into a                                                                          announce your                                               stand of trees. Your                                                                              intention.                                                  caddy sees a ball and                                                          lifts it to identify it.                                                 64.   You tee off and then                                                                              You incur a penalty of                                      realize you were outside                                                                          two strokes and you                                         the teeing ground. must then play a ball                                                          from inside the teeing                                                         ground.                                               65.   You hit a beautiful shot                                                                          You incur a 2-stroke                                        right down the middle of                                                                          penalty unless you                                          the fairway and then                                                                              were hitting out of a                                       discover that you played                                                                          hazard, in which case                                       your competitor's ball.                                                                           there is no penalty.                                  66.   Your second shot on a                                                                             You shall drop a ball                                       long par 5 goes out of                                                                            as nearly as possible                                       bounds.            to the place where the                                                         original ball was                                                              played. One-stroke                                                             penalty.                                              67.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           Yes to all three.                                           on a moveable                                                                  obstruction. Under the                                                         rules, may you lift your                                                       ball? May you remove the                                                       obstruction? May you                                                           clean your ball?                                                         68.   You find your ball in the                                                                         You incur a one-stroke                                      rough, half buried. You                                                                           penalty for not                                             announce your intention                                                                           marking your ball                                           to your fellow competitor                                                                         before you moved it.                                        to identify your ball.                                                         You turn the ball and see                                                      that it is yours.                                                        69.   You take a practice swing                                                                         You have not made a                                         and accidentally move                                                                             stroke as you had no                                        your ball with your club.                                                                         intention of moving                                                            the ball. You do                                                               incur one penalty                                                              stroke for moving your                                                         ball in play. You                                                              must replace the ball.                                70.   Your ball is at rest on                                                                           You play the ball as                                        the putting green. A                                                                              it lies.                                                    gust of wind moves it                                                          about 3 feet further away                                                      from the hole.                                                           71.   You are taking relief                                                                             No, you may not.                                            under a rule which says                                                        you may drop a ball                                                            within 2 club lengths.                                                         You do so correctly but                                                        your ball lands in deep                                                        grass, giving you a very                                                       bad lie. Can you redrop?                                                 72.   Your putting stroke sends                                                                         You incur a 2-stroke                                        your ball off line and                                                                            penalty.                                                    your ball strikes the                                                          ball of your fellow                                                            competitor.                                                              73.   You are lining up to putt                                                                         Your competitor incurs                                      your ball and your fellow                                                                         a two-stroke penalty                                        competitor points out a                                                                           for giving advice.                                          big break to the left.                                                   74.   You are in a tournament.                                                                          You are both                                                You discover, after                                                                               disqualified for                                            playing the first hole,                                                                           agreeing to waive a                                         that you have 15 clubs in                                                                         penalty.                                                    your bag. You tell your                                                        fellow competitor, who                                                         does not wish to apply                                                         the two stroke penalty                                                         because you did not use                                                        the club. You declare                                                          the club out of play and                                                       continue your round.                                                     75.   You are on the putting                                                                            You are deemed to be                                        surface trying to see                                                                             testing the surface                                         which way the grain of                                                                            and, under the rules,                                       the grass is growing.                                                                             receive a two-stroke                                        You reach down and run                                                                            penalty.                                                    your hand over it. Can                                                         you do this without                                                            penalty?                                                                 76.   You played your ball from                                                                         You receive a two-                                          outside the teeing ground                                                                         stroke penalty for                                          and it went out of playing outside the                                         bounds. You then play                                                                             teeing ground. There                                        another ball from within                                                                          is no out of bounds                                         the teeing ground. Do                                                                             penalty because your                                        you incur a penalty?                                                                              first ball was not in                                       What is it?        play.                                                 77.   Your ball lands in the                                                                            Play it as it lies.                                         fairway, strikes a ball                                                                           there is no penalty or                                      at rest and is deflected                                                                          relief.                                                     into the rough.                                                          78.   You are playing a round                                                                           You incur a 2-stroke                                        with a fellow competitor                                                                          penalty for giving                                          who is having trouble                                                                             advice.                                                     with his swing. You tell                                                       him to slow his swing                                                          down, that he has no                                                           tempo.                                                                   79.   You find yourself in a                                                                            You stand erect, hold                                       situation that calls for                                                                          the ball at shoulder                                        you to drop a ball. What                                                                          height and arm's                                            is the correct way under                                                                          length and drop it.                                         the rules to do this?                                                                             If it is not done in                                        What is the penalty if it                                                                         this manner and not                                         is not done correctly?                                                                            corrected before a                                                             stroke is played, you                                                          incur a one-stroke                                                             penalty.                                              80.   You gave your ball a                                                                              Yes, but only to the                                        mighty blow which sent it                                                                         extent to find and                                          flying into a tree, where                                                                         identify your ball.                                         it ricocheted into some                                                        shrubbery. You know it's                                                       in there. Can you, under                                                       the rules, pull the                                                            shrubbery aside to look                                                        for your ball?                                                           81.   You see your ball go into                                                                         You may drop a ball                                         a large pipe in the                                                                               within the hazard and                                       hazard. You try to reach                                                                          then proceed under the                                      it but you can't get it                                                                           rules of being in a                                         out.               hazard, taking the                                                             one-stroke penalty.                                   82.   You hit a three wood from                                                                         You incur a two-stroke                                      the fairway. The ball                                                                             penalty and play the                                        runs down the side of the                                                                         ball as it lies.                                            fairway and bounces into                                                       the rough. It hits your                                                        golf bag which is being                                                        tended by your caddy.                                                          The ball comes to rest                                                         about 5 feet in front of                                                       your bag.                                                                83.   Your ball comes to rest                                                                           You need not replace                                        in bounds next to a hole                                                                          the stake. Play on.                                         from which a boundary                                                          stake had been removed.                                                        the stake is lying a few                                                       feet away. If the stake                                                        was in the hole, it would                                                      interfere with your                                                            swing.                                                                   84.   You are playing a round                                                                           No.                                                         with 14 clubs in your                                                          bag. Somewhere on the                                                          course, during the first                                                       five holes, you lose your                                                      (8) iron. May you                                                              replace it during the                                                          round?                                                                   ______________________________________                                    

    ______________________________________                                         PAR 5 CARDS                                                                    CARD  CARD                                                                     NO.   FRONT SITUATION    CARD REAR RULE                                        ______________________________________                                         85.   Your fellow competitor                                                                            You can mark your ball                                      asks you to mark your                                                                             or you may play it                                          ball in the fairway,                                                                              rather than mark it.                                        because he feels that it                                                                          Both are within the                                         will interfere with his                                                                           rules.                                                      play. What are your                                                            options?                                                                 86.   After playing four holes,                                                                         You and your fellow                                         you and your fellow                                                                               competitor are                                              competitor mistakenly go                                                                          disqualified if you                                         to the seventh tee and                                                                            play a stroke from a                                        from there you play the                                                                           wrong teeing ground,                                        seventh and the eighth                                                                            you must correct your                                       hole before you realize                                                                           error before teeing                                         your mistake.      off on the next hole.                                 87.   You have played out of                                                                            You, under the rules,                                       turn from the tee. Your                                                                           can correct yourself                                        fellow competitors and play in the proper                                      request that you play in                                                                          order with no penalty.                                      the correct order. You,                                                                           However, when you                                           in the proper order, play                                                                         played another ball,                                        another ball.      the original ball was                                                          lost and the second                                                            ball was in play. One                                                          penalty stroke (and                                                            distance).                                            88.   You are on the green and                                                                          You may not accept                                          it is raining heavily.                                                                            physical assistance or                                      You ask your caddie to                                                                            protection from the                                         hold your umbrella over                                                                           elements while making                                       your head while you putt.                                                                         a stroke two stroke                                                            penalty.                                              89.   On the putting green,                                                                             Your fellow competitor                                      your fellow competitors                                                                           is entitled to play                                         ball is approximately ten                                                                         out of turn provided                                        feet further from the                                                                             he does not lift his                                        hole than yours. He                                                                               ball. There is no                                           putts it to within three                                                                          penalty for putting                                         feet of the hole and                                                                              out of turn.                                                walks up to hole out.                                                          You object and claim the                                                       right to putt first.                                                     90.   You and your fellow                                                                               Your fellow competitor                                      competitor are on the                                                                             incurs a 2 stroke                                           green. You remove the                                                                             penalty for removing                                        flagstick and place it to                                                                         an obstruction which                                        one side on the green.                                                                            might influence the                                         You putt your ball and as                                                                         movement of the ball.                                       you do, your competitor,                                                       fearing your ball will                                                         strike the flagstick,                                                          picks it up which allows                                                       your ball to roll by.                                                    91.   Your foursome is going                                                                            You are all                                                 from the fifth green to                                                                           disqualified.                                               the sixth tee when play                                                        is suspended because of                                                        lightening. You all                                                            decide to tee off on six                                                       because it is on your way                                                      in.                                                                      92.   You have lost your ball                                                                           When you dropped the                                        in the water hazard. You                                                                          ball behind the                                             drop a ball correctly                                                                             hazard, that ball                                           behind the hazard and                                                                             became the ball in                                          play it. You then find                                                                            play. Your original                                         your ball in the hazard.                                                                          ball was no longer in                                                          play. You incurred a                                                           two stroke penalty.                                   93.   You approach your ball at                                                                         You are deemed to have                                      rest in the rough. Your                                                                           moved the ball and you                                      foot moves a stick which                                                                          incur a one stroke                                          in turn moves your ball.                                                                          penalty.                                              94.   You return your score                                                                             You are disqualified                                        card after playing,                                                                               if any score given on                                       unaware that you recorded                                                                         a hole was lower than                                       your scores for the front                                                                         actually taken.                                             nine in the boxes for the                                                      back nine and vice-versa.                                                95.   Your ball lies in the                                                                             You each incur a two                                        middle of the fairway.                                                                            stroke penalty for                                          You ask your fellow                                                                               asking and giving                                           competitor how far it is                                                                          advice.                                                     to the green. He tells                                                         you that it is about 100                                                       yards. Have either of                                                          you breached a rule? If                                                        so, is there a penalty?                                                  96.   You are preparing to chip                                                                         Your ball was off the                                       a shot onto the green and                                                                         putting surface.                                            your caddy points out the                                                                         There was no breach of                                      line by touching the                                                                              a rule.                                                     green with a club. Is                                                          this permissible? Is                                                           there a Penalty?                                                         97.   Your ball lands on the                                                                            You must determine the                                      wrong putting green.                                                                              point on the course                                                            nearest to where the                                                           ball lies, not nearer                                                          to the hole, not in a                                                          hazard or on a putting                                                         green. You lift the                                                            ball, you may clean it                                                         and drop it without                                                            penalty within one                                                             club length.                                          98.   You tee off on the first                                                                          You must abandon the                                        hole putting a pretty                                                                             provisional ball and                                        good slice on the ball.                                                                           continue play with                                          You lose sight of the                                                                             your original ball.                                         ball and there's a If you fail to do so,                                       possibility that it went                                                                          any further strokes                                         out of bounds, you with the provisional                                        announce and then hit a                                                                           shall constitute                                            provisional ball. When                                                                            playing a wrong ball                                        you reach the area where                                                                          and incur a 2 stroke                                        your ball was last seen,                                                                          penalty.                                                    you find it in bounds but                                                      under a shrub. Your                                                            provisional ball is in                                                         the fairway.                                                             99.   You are playing in a                                                                              You are both                                                stroke play tournament.                                                                           disqualified.                                               Your fellow competitor                                                         fails to hole out by                                                           "taking" a two inch putt.                                                      You know this but you                                                          sign and attest his score                                                      card. Was this a breach                                                        of a rule?  By whom?                                                     100.  You are playing with a                                                                            Your partner may not                                        partner in a better ball                                                                          position himself                                            competition. Your  anywhere on or close                                        partner stands behind you                                                                         to your line of putt.                                       on your line of putt                                                                              Two stroke penalty.                                         while you are making your                                                      stroke.                                                                  101.  You drop your ball under                                                                          You shall redrop with                                       a rule which says you                                                                             no penalty.                                                 must drop within two club                                                      lengths. You do so and                                                         your ball lands within                                                         the two club lengths but                                                       rolls outside that                                                             distance.                                                                102.  From the tee, you drive                                                                           There is a one stroke                                       your ball out of bounds.                                                                          penalty (and                                                Under the rules, you play                                                                         distance). Yes you                                          a ball as nearly as                                                                               may tee it up.                                              possible from where the                                                        original ball was played.                                                      May the ball be teed up?                                                 ______________________________________                                    

Several different golf games can be played by any number of players employing the cards described above. For example the games played can correspond to golf games such as medal play, match play, Stableford Tournament or 19th hole scramble. All games are played at scratch, that is, no handicap. Of course handicaps can be assigned according to the skill of the different players. Handicaps assigned can be arbitrary. Preferably, no handicaps are used.

In medal play, each player, from two to four players, is dealt four par 3's, ten par 4's and four par 5's from a deck culled from the master population cards, step 50, FIG. 3. The stacks in step 52 are assigned to each player. Preferably, the stack in front of each player is assigned to that player. In alternative games, the first player may select a stack in front of the next adjacent player or any other agreed to player. The play proceeds in sequence from that player to each other player either to the left or right of the first player. Each player has an assigned stack of cards that is agreed to by the players as corresponding to that player.

The first player, step 54 reads the situation on the top card of the stack of cards assigned to that player. That player then attempts to answer the question or solve the problem addressed by the selected top card. The rear of that card is then read and the answer determined correct or incorrect. If correct, that player is assigned the par value of that card, step 56. That top card is then discarded, step 58.

If all cards are played, step 60, the total points of all players is determined, step 62. Since play has just commenced, all cards have not been played and the next player in a first sequence either to the left or right of the first player reads the situation from that next player's assigned stack, step 54 and the steps described repeated.

If a player doesn't know or gives the wrong answer or wrong solution to the problem stated on that player's assigned card, that player is given a bogie point value, or par plus one point, step 62. Other point values can also be assigned a bogie value.

The player in the opposite sequence is then given the opportunity to elect to answer the problem presented and solved incorrectly by the preceding player, step 64. For example, if the play sequence is normally is to the left of a player, the latter second election sequence is made by the player to the right of the player with the incorrect solution.

Assuming normal play is to the left, then in case of an incorrect answer, the next player on the right has the first option to answer the problem answered incorrectly, step 64. If the player electing to solve the problem answers or solves the problem, step 66, correctly, that player is assigned a birdie point value or one point less than par, for example, step 68. If that player also gives an incorrect answer or solution, that second player also gets a bogie point value, or one point over par, step 70.

In the case where the player who elects to answer gets a bogie and wrong answer, the next player in that second sequence, for example, to the right of that player gets the option to answer the problem and so on until all players have the opportunity to answer the problem if they so choose. When the situation is either correctly answered, or no more players are left to answer the problem presented, then that card is discarded, step 72. Play then continues in the first normal sequence to the player to the left of the player who first answered incorrectly.

The play then repeats as described until all cards have been played. If all cards have been played then the scores are totaled and the player with the lowest score wins that round.

While eighteen holes are described, any number of holes may be played in a given round with any number of par value cards. All players must be given the same number of par value cards in each instance.

In the optional games where the stacks are assigned to players based on any preassigned order, play resumes with those stacks as described above for medal play.

In Stableford Tournament, each player is dealt the cards face up as before with the situations on the top cards exposed. The players then in sequence present the scenario problem or situation on one of the cards of their stack. They try to answer the problem and situation in turn as described above.

A correct answer earns that player a par of two points and an incorrect answer or I don't know answer, a bogie or one point. A player in the opposite sequence then has the opportunity to elect to answer the problem. If the answer is correct, then a birdie or three points are assigned that player. Play continues in that same opposite sequence until all players have the opportunity to answer when no correct answer is given or until a correct answer is given.

A card is discarded from the stack of each player who participates to answer the problem presented by the initial incorrectly answered problem. That card is also discarded when play is completed on that card. Highest scorer wins.

In first version of Match play for two to four players, each player is dealt eighteen cards as described above. In turn, each player presents the scenario on any card of his stack of cards. That player then attempts to provide the solution or answer as above. If correct, that player receives a +1 point. If the player doesn't know or answers incorrectly, the player is given a -1 point.

That problem or situation is then up for answer on a first come first serve basis to all players. The points are assigned accordingly and that card is then discarded after play with it is completed. The player with the most holes won, i.e., +1 points, is the winner. In the alternative, the player with the most arithmetical sum of net + points after subtracting the - points is the winner.

In an alternative Match play game, four players form two teams of two players each. Each team is dealt 18 cards including cards from each par value portion. Either of the teams, e.g., team 1, poses the problem or situation on any one of their cards to the other team, e.g., team 2, preferably the top card. The answering team 2 members may confer with each other and either team 2 member may respond. A +1 score is given to that team 2 for a correct answer. A wrong answer earns no points and that team may be down one hole for that hole.

The other team, e.g., team 1, then takes its turn at answering the problem or situation on a card presented by team 2. If the team 1 answers correctly, then this team earns a +1 score for the same hole. There is no winner for that hole since both teams have the same number of points for the same hole. If both teams answer incorrectly, there is no winner for that hole. Each card is discarded after it is played.

The teams take turns asking and answering until the 18 cards of each team are played or, in the alternative, until any number of cards as prearranged are played. The team with the most + points is the winner.

In the alternative, in match play, the players may play against one another similarly as the teams as described above. The players each play with a personally assigned stack of cards. In this case, if four players are playing, the players play in sequence, and wrong answers can be answered by other players in a sequence. As each player takes a turn, his top card is discarded regardless the correctness of his answer.

If correct, he gets a + point for that hole or nothing if incorrect. If incorrect the next player takes a turn at answering the same card. All players except the first player can participate, as in all of the above games, since the first player will know the answer on his card. He therefore is ineligible to participate in answering his drawn card. If all players answer correctly for a given hole, then there is no winner of that hole. The play proceeds until all cards are played. The winner is the player with the most + points.

The 19th hole game is played by piling the cards on a table. All players take turns picking the cards at random. Points are assigned based on correct or incorrect answers as agreed upon. The player with the most or fewest points after all cards are played, as agreed upon, is declared the winner.

It should be understood that the term "bogie" and "birdie" values as used in certain of the claims do not necessarily refer to respective higher and lower values relative to par values as used in a typical actual golf game. For example, a bogie value as claimed in certain of the claims may also be a value lower than the assigned value for a correct answer and a birdie may be a value higher than the assigned value for a correct answer. The values of birdies and bogies, and par assigned each card, may also depend upon agreement of the players when playing a given game.

In an alternative embodiment, the games disclosed herein can be played on a computer wherein the card information is displayed on the computer terminal display. In this embodiment, the cards are text images which are replicas of the rules and situations depicted above herein. The images are designated with corresponding card numbers for purposes of identifying a given card. See the table above regarding RULES FOR STROKE PLAY.

The card numbers with the appropriate information are programmed to be dealt and drawn randomly by one or more players. In a computerized system the term "card" merely refers to the images depicting the situation or problem and its corresponding answer. Cards, in fact, as literally interpreted need not used. The images may be graphically drawn to represent cards, but this is not essential. The images representing a situation and its corresponding rule therefore are referred in the claims as "cards."

For example, a situation may be presented in the image with the par value appearing therewith. Also, the images may be colored to correspond to the par values, but this too is not essential.

When cards are dealt in the computer game, the computer randomly selects and assigns the desired number of cards in a particular game for each player from a large population of cards. Therefore, the term "dealing" as used in the claims refers to the step of assigning players by the computer images corresponding to discrete cards. Each player is assigned or dealt a so called stack of cards or corresponding situations and rules each manifesting a card representing holes. The computer keeps track of the cards for each player.

Play commences as described above for discrete playing cards for each game. The terms "front" and "rear" face as used in the claims refers to the respective situations and rules as stored in computer memory corresponding to a discrete card front and rear face. Therefore, in the claims, the step of "looking at the front or back of the top card" merely refers to selectively displaying by the computer the corresponding situation or rule and answer. The computer is a substitute for a deck of cards drawn from a larger population of cards.

Conventional computer keyboard controls are used to control the play of the game. Thus as used in the claims, the term "dealt" cards refers to the computer selecting images of text corresponding to a playing situation and its corresponding rule or answer. The term front and back as used in the claims refers to the corresponding images of situations and answers or applicable rules.

It should be understood therefore, that in the claims, the step of dealing each player a stack of cards refers to the computer assigning each player a stack of corresponding cards and keeping track of the cards assigned to each player during the play of the game. Discarding a card refers to the computer removing the images of a card from the player's stack. The computer is programmed to do this upon command.

In the playing mode, a player uses a keyboard control to tell the computer to call up that player's stack of cards. This stack is then shown by the display one card at a time front face up. That player then reads the situation to other players out of sight of the display. That player also momentarily calls up the answer or applicable rule corresponding to the card rear face. The player then reads the answer or rule to himself. Then the display is returned to the situation representing the card front face. This step corresponds to looking at the back of card to read the answer.

Play thus commences and continues for each player taking turns at the computer when that player has a turn to draw a card. When play is completed by the players for a card, the computer is instructed to discard that card. When cards of multiple players need to be discarded, instructions are given the computer to do so.

It will occur to one of ordinary skill that various modifications to the disclosed games may be made. It is intended that the scope of the invention is as defined in the appended claims. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, the deck comprising a plurality of portions, the cards of each portion manifesting the same given value, the values of the cards of the different portions being different, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing the same number of cards in a first set of cards from the first portion to each player in a stack with the front face up; dealing the same number of cards in a second set of cards from the second portion to each player on that players stack with the front face up; dealing the same number of cards in a third set of cards from the third portion to each player on that players stack with the front face up so that the total number of cards dealt to each player in each player's stack corresponds to the total number of holes in a golf game being played; and playing the game by:a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on the top card of the first player's stack; b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the top card, assigning the first player the value manifested by that card and discarding that card; c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player at least one additional point added to the value manifested by that top card; d) allowing a second player in a first sequence at the second player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer; e) assigning the value manifested by that top card less at least one point to the second player if the answer is correct and causing that second player to discard a card of his stack manifesting the same value as the top card of the first player's stack; f) if the answer is incorrect, assigning the second player at least an additional point added to the value manifested by that top card and causing that player to discard a card from that player's stack having a value manifesting that same value as the top card of the first player's stack; g) repeating steps e and f until all players in the first sequence have the option to provide an answer if each preceding player in the first sequence fails to provide a correct answer for that top card; h) repeating steps a-c with each remaining player in a second sequence and repeating steps d-g for each incorrect answer when applicable in the first sequence; i) totaling all the points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and j) declaring the winner the player with the lowest amount of points.
 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the numeral manifested by each portion is on each card.
 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the total number of cards in the deck is X times the number of players, where X is the number of holes to be played.
 4. The method of claim 1 including forming each card with at least one of a color or pattern wherein the color and pattern of each card manifests the value of each card of each portion.
 5. The method of claim 4 including forming each card with the value of each color and pattern on that card.
 6. The method of claim 5 wherein forming the value on each card includes forming the cards in the first portion with a value of three, the cards in the second portion with a value of four and the cards in the third portion with a value of five.
 7. The method of claim 1 including for a wrong answer further assigning a penalty value to a portion of the cards on the back of each such cards which penalty value is added to the value manifested by the corresponding card.
 8. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, the deck comprising a plurality of portions, the cards of each portion manifesting the same given par value, the par values of the cards of the different portions being different, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing a set of cards from each portion to each player in a stack in the same portion sequence with the front face up so that the total number of cards dealt to each player corresponds to the total number of holes in a golf game being played, each player receiving the same number of cards in each set; and playing the game by:a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on the top card of a first stack corresponding to the first player in a first sequence of players; b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected top card, assigning the first player the par value manifested by that selected card and discarding that card from its stack; c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player at least an additional point added to the value of the par value manifested by that selected top card; d) allowing a second player in a second sequence at the second player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer; e) assigning the value manifested by that top card less at least one point to the second player if the answer is correct and discarding the first player's selected top card and the top card of a second stack manifesting the same par value as the top card of the first player's selected first stack, said second stack corresponding to the second player; f) if the answer is incorrect, assigning the second player at least an additional point added to the value of the numeral manifested by that selected top card and discarding the top card of said selected second stack; g) repeating steps a-c with each remaining player in the first sequence and repeating steps d-f for each incorrect answer when applicable in the second sequence; h) totaling all the points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and i) declaring the winner the player with the lowest amount of points.
 9. The method of claim 8 wherein there are three portions, a first portion manifesting a par value of 3, a second portion manifesting a par value of 4 and the third portion manifesting a par value of
 5. 10. The method of claim 9 wherein the first and third portions comprise the same number of cards each.
 11. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing a stack of cards to each player with the front face up, the number of cards in the stack representing the number of holes in the golf game being played; and playing the game by:a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on the top card of a selected stack corresponding to that first player; b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the top card of the selected stack, assigning the first player a first point value and discarding that card; c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player a second given point value greater than the first value; d) allowing a second player in a first sequence at the second player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer; e) assigning the second player a third given point value lower than the first value if the answer is correct and discarding the card from a stack corresponding to the second player; f) if the answer is incorrect, assigning the second player the second given point value and discarding a card from the second player's corresponding stack; g) repeating steps e and f until all players in the first sequence have the option to provide an answer if each preceding player in the first sequence fails to provide a correct answer for that top card; h) repeating steps a-c with each remaining player in a second sequence and repeating steps d-g for each incorrect answer when applicable in the first sequence; i) totaling all the points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and j) declaring the winner the player with the lowest amount of points.
 12. The method of claim 11 wherein the first point value is two, the second point value is three and the third point value is one.
 13. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing a stack of cards to each player with the front face up, the number of cards in the stack representing the number of holes in the golf game being played; and playing the game by:a) declaring by a first player the rule or answer to the situation on any card of that player's stack; b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected card, assigning the first player a (+) point value and discarding that card; c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player a (-) point value; d) allowing any further player on a first come first serve basis at that further player's option to provide the rule or answer to the card with the wrong answer; e) assigning the further player a (+) point value manifesting a won hole if the answer is correct and (-) point value manifesting a lost hole if incorrect; f) discarding that card when play with that card is completed; g) repeating steps a-f until all cards have been played; h) totaling all the of holes won for each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and i) declaring the winner the player with the most won holes.
 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the winner is the player with highest value of the arithmetic sum of the won and lost holes.
 15. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing a stack of X cards; and playing the game by:a) assigning a plurality Y of players each having a playing turn in a sequence and where X/Y is an integer; b) drawing a card from the stack and declaring by a first player in the sequence the rule or answer to the situation on that card; b) if the answer is correct by looking at the back of the selected card, assigning the first player a first given point value and discarding that card; c) in case of a wrong answer, assigning that first player a second point value which is one of a lower or higher value than the first point value; d) repeating steps a-c for each player in the sequence in case of a wrong answer and discarding that card when play with that card is completed by the players; e) repeating steps a-d for each player until all cards have been played; h) totaling all the of points of each player after all cards in all of the stacks have been played; and i) declaring the winner the player with the one of the least or most amount of points when the answer in step (c) is assigned a higher value and lower value, respectively, than tile first point value.
 16. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:assigning each card a par value representing the value of a hole in the game; dealing the same number of cards to each of a plurality of players, each player receiving the same number of the same par value cards; and drawing and declaring by each player in a given turn sequence the answer to the situation on the drawn card; assigning a par value of the drawn card to that player for a correct answer; assigning a bogie value to that player for an incorrect answer; permitting at least one other player to play that drawn card having an incorrect answer; assigning that at least one other player a birdie value for a correct answer and a bogie value for an incorrect answer; discarding that drawn card and a card from the dealt cards of the at least one other player; and totaling the points of all players when all cards have been played and declaring the player with a prearranged one of the lowest and highest score the winner based on the relative values of the bogie and birdie values.
 17. A method of teaching the rules of the game of golf employing a deck of cards, each of which cards has a front and a back, each card having a golf game playing situation on the front and a corresponding rule or solution to the situation on the back, the method comprising:dealing the same number of cards to each of a plurality of teams of players, each team receiving the same number of the same par value cards; anda) drawing a card and reading by one player of a team the situation on the drawn card; b) causing a player from another team to declare the answer to the situation on the drawn card; c) assigning a + value to the team of that player declaring the correct answer; d) discarding that drawn card from the dealt cards of the team drawing the card; f) repeating steps a-e for each team in sequence until all cards have been played; and declaring the winner the team with the most + points.
 18. The method of claim 17 including permitting the answering team players to consult with one another and permitting any team member to provide the answer.
 19. The method of claim 17 including permitting other teams to answer incorrectly declared answers of situations and if that team declares a correct answer, assigning that team a + point value and discarding a card from that team's cards.
 20. The method of claim 17 wherein there are two teams each comprising two players and step (a) comprises drawing any card from a team's dealt cards. 